February 23rd/24th 2022: Snow and Wind Warning

Where is Nacho Dip and Mountainy Boy?, we need on the ground reporting 🙂

Snow level dropping fast now, in the midlands too.

I think it's correct and is in line with what the models had for the northwest this afternoon. It's back up to -1.3 C now at 7 pm.

Below are the hourly dewpoint and wet-bulb temperatures, including handy readings from a ship sailing east way out in the Atlantic. It gives a good indication of what's to come upstream.

UKMO warning for Derry Eglinton airport.

The really heavy showers off the coast will lose intensity as they hit us as this happened last year and looked like a snow out but by morning just a few bits of hail on car. Also by tomorrow morning milder air will have pushed in before it gets cooler and windier later.

I should have known that picture of me would surface eventually. haha. No snow to report yet.

Hail in Galway. It does feel 'snowy' but we need to lose a couple of degrees to hit the sweet spot I think.

Glengesh has a good covering of snow now, just seen a pic online.

Want out in Sligo for a walk and wind chill would cut you in 2. Its unfortunate how many of those showers are missing us. The direction of them ain't good for here. Galway Mayo and Donegal could do ok in places. Maybe Tubbercurry and Ballymote in Sligo as all the flakes will stick there. A couple of cms possible in these areas. Donegal could get 5cm.

Hailstones in castlebar. Road etc is white.

WHITE IN WESTPORT

A proper snow shower here now to the east of Castlebar. Falling on a foundation of hail and graupel that fell about 20 minutes ago.

Current windchill (28 degrees colder than my house)

Met Éireann aviation division not forecasting much in the way of snowy precip for Knock.

EIKN AD WRNG 03 VALID 240000/241200 SNOW FBL LESS THAN 1 CM FCST=

The heaviest showers are not really making much progress southeastwards.

Showers gathering now out west. Many areas will get at least a dusting overnight but the nature of showers is hit and miss of course.

I think it's two stations, each -1, where the screen has placed one over part of the other so it looks like -11. My take anyway.....

Now snowing, a dusting so far (sideways snow)

Just rain here outside Newport. Heard a few hail pellets hit the window but only lasted a minute and nothing stuck. Not holding much hope this close to the coast.

Need to drive to galway in the morning.

I'm getting a vibe that it'll be grand

Thunder in the distance now, and just seen a bright flash to the west of us, followed by a closer rattle of thunder. Was planning to sleep but might stay up a few more minutes.

Hi guys Where is that thunder

Some more thunder and lightning out to the west of my own location in Central Mayo.

Expect a fairly widespread 3-5 cm snowfall in Connacht and Ulster, 1-3 cm in Leinster and Munster except near south coast trace-2 cm.

Most of this will come between now and 0900h, then it will ease off and wintry showers may become more mixed, as the coldest air aloft moves through in that time frame.

Amounts somewhat hit or miss due to showery nature of this event, but some heavy falls of snow are very likely given sub-516 dm thicknesses likely to be advected through most of Ireland now to 0900h (core is now shown as 510 dm, don't think that reaches land but 513 dm min could).

With the strong westerly winds this may have a blizzard-like quality especially outside of towns.